Constantine VIII of Byzantium

Constantine VIII of Byzantium (960-11 November 1028) was the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1025 to 1028, succeeding Basil II of Byzantium and preceding Romanus III of Byzantium.

Biography
Constantine was born in 960 to Emperor Romanus II of Byzantium, and he was from the House of Makedon, a dynasty of Orthodox Christian Greeks. He succeeded his brother Basil II of Byzantium on his death in 1025. Constantine was poor at appointing officials and he had no sons, so he forced his general Romanus Argyros to divorce his wife and send her to a monastery and then marry his daughter Zoe. When he died in 1028, Constantine was succeeded by Romanus.